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Mongolia Chapter 78 The psychological problems of soldiers

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    When Zhao Dongxu was young, his family was extremely poor and often did not even have enough to eat. At that time, when he was idle and bored, he once thought about what the Long Live Lord in the Forbidden City eats every day.  He heard that they were all delicacies, such as dragon liver and phoenix marrow, but he had no idea what delicacies were. In short, they were probably the most delicious things in the world.

    Later, after Zhao Dongxu followed Li Dong, he had no shortage of food and drink. According to the standard of food at his level, he had to eat meat every day, which he could afford. But having said that, there were so many people eating chicken, duck, and fish all day long.  Besides, it's the hottest time of summer, so I can't get enough of those greasy things. Sometimes he smiles bitterly. When he was young, he never imagined that there would be a time when he wouldn't even want to eat meat.  Bar.

    Hearing that Li Dong allowed him to eat, the question from his childhood was brought back again. What does the Marshal eat every day?

    Unexpectedly, the dinner table was set, and there was a large basin in the middle. Inside was a basin of green lettuce and green onions, and a plate of watery cucumbers on the side. They were only about the thickness of a thumb, and they looked very refreshing.

    Next to the basin, there are four small blue and white bowls, which contain four kinds of fried sauce, vegetarian sauce, diced pheasant sauce, mushroom sauce and diced eggplant sauce.

    There is also a large blue and white bowl filled with freshly steamed rice.

    " Treating guests like this is already against the rules, but there is another meaning in it. Li Dong does not mean to treat Wang Shouren and Zhao Dongxu as outsiders.

    Not to mention anything else, the table full of greenery and the smell of rice arouse people¡¯s appetite.

    "Commander, what is this? It looks very good." Zhao Dongxu asked with a smile.

    ¡°Steamed rice, it¡¯s simple and delicious. I have no appetite for anything on a hot day. This is the best. It¡¯s refreshing and healthy.¡±

    ???????????? Bao rice, also known as rice buns in later generations, to put it bluntly, is to wrap rice with lettuce and eat it.  When eating, mix the fried sauce into the rice and sprinkle some minced garlic or green onions for the most delicious taste.

    There were not many people eating together. In addition to Li Dong and the others, there were six other people, Zhao Shutong, Daniu and Agudamu.

    "Commander, how do you eat this?" It was the first time for Zhao Dongxu to eat this. It was obviously the first time for Wang Shouren to eat this, and he looked at Li Dong inquiringly.

    Li Dong smiled and pointed at Daniel, "Daniu loves this the most. You can tell just by looking at him!"

    I saw Daniel spread the lettuce in the palm of his hand, scooped a large spoonful of rice from the big bowl and put it in it, dipped a little of various sauces in it, and put a few green onions in it, wrapped it up, opened his mouth and just  I wanted to send it in, but I seemed to remember something. I looked at Agudamu who was stunned and handed it to him, "You eat first!"

    Agudamu was not polite. He took it and brought it to his mouth. His nostrils were filled with the fragrance of vegetables. When he took a bite, his mouth was full of fragrance. He moaned in his mouth, "Master, it's delicious, it's delicious"  He ate it in three bites, reached for a piece of lettuce, and wrapped one up himself like a great cow.

    Everyone started to take action. Li Dong saw that everyone seemed to like it very much, and he was very happy in his heart. Zhao Shutong obediently made a meal for Li Dong. Li Dong pointed at Wang Shouren next to him and said with a smile, "Sir, you are angry with me.  Please respect your husband first."

    Zhao Shutong smiled and put the rice on Wang Shouren's plate. "Sir, please don't be angry with the emperor. Please use it, sir!"

    To be honest, Wang Shouren was a little angry with Li Dong now, but how dare he accept Li Dong's words, and he couldn't be rude to the empress. He stood up in a hurry, "I don't dare, I have to thank you!"

    "You're welcome, sir!"

    "Commander, that's the matter" Zhao Dongxu had packed his rice and looked up at Li Dong.

    "Eat first, then talk after dinner."

    "Yes, Marshal!" As he said this, Zhao Dongxu stuffed the rice into his mouth and chewed it.

    Li Dong was holding the rice dumplings while pointing at the small blue and white bowl, "This sauce is not authentic. If there are potatoes, fry the potato sauce, and put it in the rice, would this be the authentic rice dumplings?"

    "Your Majesty? What are potatoes?" Wang Shouren had just finished eating a rice dumpling and found it very sweet.

    "Potatoes? We don't have them in the Ming Dynasty, but the Westerners seem to have them. Now our land in the Ming Dynasty is planted with millet and wheat. God gives us good weather and good weather. The yield is only three to five hundred kilograms in the sky. But if we plant potatoes, the yield will be two per mu.  Three thousand kilograms seems like a toy. And this thing doesn¡¯t have to be picked up on the ground. It can be grown in barren lands like the northwest!"

    Wang Shouren was shocked when he heard this and said, "Two or three thousand catties per mu?" He didn't care about eating the rice anymore. He put down his hands and stared at Li Dong.

    Li Dong smiled and nodded.

    Wang Shouren knew that although Li Dong was not upright at ordinary times, he was definitely a serious person when it came to big issues.

      ¡°I dare not think, I dare not think, if we don¡¯t fight for fertile land and don¡¯t look at God¡¯s eyes, even if we produce a thousand catties per mu, it will be a political achievement for countless living people.¡±

    "If you have a chance, ask Westerners to get some seeds, corn, sweet potatoes These are all good things"

    Zhao Shutong glanced at Li Dong, feeling heartbroken, ugh.  .  .  How old is the emperor? It's too hard for him to have to discuss national affairs while eating

    Zhao Dongxu ate several rice dumplings in a row, drank the herbal tea handed over by the maid next to him, drank it in one gulp, took a deep breath, and patted his already round belly, "Commander, this is the most satisfying meal in the past few days!"

    Li Dong also ate a few at this time, waved his hand, and a palace maid came to clean up. Daniel took the already eaten agudam and walked out. Zhao Shutong knew that these people wanted to talk about something, so he poured some for everyone.  After tea, "I, my concubine, will retire first!"

    "Best farewell to the empress!" Wang Shouren and Zhao Dongxu stood up and saluted.

    Seeing Zhao Shutong leaving with the maids, Li Dong asked, "What happened?"

    "Commander, the Guards I'm afraid something is wrong?"

    Once he heard that there was a problem with the Guards, Li Dong put down the tea bowl he had just handed to his mouth and frowned, "What's the problem?"

    "Commander, something is very wrong with the Guards recently. Our old foundation in the army is not bad. There are no changes. It's just that the dissatisfaction of the new soldiers who joined the Guards is palpable. My subordinates also don't understand what those people have.  Dissatisfied, I asked several people to ask, but they couldn't find out the reason. Recently, there have been frequent incidents of contradicting superior officers, going to the city to cause trouble, and neglecting training. The subordinates used military law and beat many people.  But things seem to be getting worse and worse, and I can¡¯t even beat you. My subordinates are helpless, and I¡¯m ashamed of the commander-in-chief. Please punish him!"

    "When did this start?"

    ¡°Especially after the recent increase in training volume!¡±

    Li Dong had never been in a military camp in his previous life, and he knew very little about the military. All his knowledge of the military came from the Internet and books of later generations, but after all, those were methods used to train modern armies, so he rashly  If you take it to ancient times, problems will eventually arise.

    In the beginning, Li Dong used those methods to train the Boy Scouts. It was because of his good fortune that he made a mistake, because the Boy Scouts were all orphans without fathers and mothers. They were completely different and helpless. Before meeting Li Dong, they were not even connected.  They couldn't even eat. After those people followed Li Dong, their lives were naturally in the sky and on the earth. The Boy Scouts all cherished the life in front of them very much. No one wanted to lose it, so they did whatever Li Dong said, without any trace.  Moreover, those people had never been soldiers, so they naturally thought that this was what being a soldier was like, and they gradually got used to it. The Boy Scouts had never had similar problems.

    But the situation is different for those who have newly joined the Guards. The sources of troops basically come from the regiments and camps of the capital. Those people have many relatives and friends in the capital. They are used to living a good life and have many ideas. In other words, the more ideas they have, the better they will be.  It's easy to do bad things, and besides, I'm afraid of comparisons in everything. How do people serve as soldiers in regiments? Three are full and one is empty. Usually training every three to five is considered diligent. I can't even mention how comfortable my life is. Let's see how the Guards are doing.  In this way, the Guards training originally had many and heavy subjects, but recently it has been increased and the soldiers suddenly couldn't stand it.  Soldiers are also human beings. When they compare the two sides, they naturally feel that it is unfair. They feel that the past life was not bad, and some people begin to miss their previous life.

    Li Dong frowned. He couldn't understand this question. The army had always been good, so why did something go wrong all of a sudden?  Li Dong doesn't believe that Zhao Dongxu's leadership level is not as good as Wang Ping's. They are all soldiers led by him. Speaking of cleverness, Zhao Dongxu is much smarter than Wang Ping?  But why?

    Li Dong vaguely knew that this was probably a psychological problem, but he didn't know what kind of problem it was, let alone how to solve it. He turned his head and looked at Wang Shouren. Wang Shouren's expression was as usual and he held the hand calmly.  The tea cup was blowing gracefully, and the tea was slowly sipped.

    "Sir, are you not surprised at all? It looks like you knew this would be the case?"

    Wang Shouren took a sip of tea and smiled, "I only realized this later, but I am a little bit confused as to why the Emperor's Guards have been in force for a long time, and this problem only arises now!"

    Li Dong¡¯s eyes lit up: ¡°So, sir, do you know why?¡±

    "Your Majesty, have you ever heard of Yingxiao?"

    "Yingxiao? I've never heard of it!" Li Dong shook his head.

    The so-called camp roar means that the army is camping. Some people may have nightmares or suddenly go crazy. They suddenly scream strangely in the dead of night, and then the hysterical and crazy atmosphere spreads like a plague throughout the army. The soldiersThey completely broke away from the shackles of military discipline and vented wildly. People slashed and bit each other like wild beasts.

    The roar of the camp is the most frightening and helpless thing for the commander, and its severity is even more serious than encountering a powerful enemy.  After all, the enemy can be seen face to face, but when a camp roar occurs, your comrades who are usually sympathizers will suddenly turn into killers who take your life, making it difficult to guard against.  Therefore, once the army camped, they would sleep after nightfall. Not to mention singing and dancing, even making loud noises and walking around at random would be severely punished by the officers.

    In fact, to put it bluntly, Yingxiao is a mental illness.  Being a soldier in ancient times was definitely not a good job. It was commonplace for Shangguan to be beaten and scolded every day. Any small wound on the battlefield would kill someone, and death was basically in vain. The court's pension was almost pitiful. It's conceivable.  You know how much mental pressure the soldiers are under.

    When a soldier screams in the night, a kind of hysterical madness will quickly infect the surrounding soldiers. The depression, fatigue and fear that have been accumulated in the soldier for a long time will explode together. There will be more and more crazy soldiers, and the howling will begin again.  More and more people are frightened, and anyone who dares to get close to them will be hacked to death as an enemy.

    ??And the more strictly we guard against this kind of thing, the more camp roars will break out.  It may be difficult for modern people to understand this behavior, but think about it.  Will ordinary people roar when they live in their own homes?  Of course not, why?  Because there is no pressure, the military is a community of pressure, and everyone will infect each other, but who can know when this pressure will explode?

    After Li Dong heard Wang Shouren's explanation, he didn't quite understand. He had never heard of an army roaring in later generations, at least not in modern armies.  Mao Zedong¡¯s army did not have it, the American army did not have it, and the Japanese army did not have it.  .  .  So what is the difference between ancient armies and modern armies?

    "Sir, what you are saying is that the Guards are under too much pressure now?"

    "Your Majesty, famous generals in ancient times trained their troops every few days and drilled every few days, but the Emperor's Guards are training almost every day, especially recently. You can imagine the pressure on those soldiers."

    "Sir, how can this soldier become a strong soldier if he doesn't practice? Isn't there a saying, the more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed on the battlefield!"

    "What the emperor said is absolutely true, but after all, those who are soldiers don't understand these principles. Who doesn't want to be at ease? Your Majesty, the army should be run in a relaxed and orderly manner." Wang Shouren smiled again. "This is easy to say, but this  There is a great deal of knowledge involved in how to grasp relaxation. In this regard, I can only talk on paper and cannot give any advice to the emperor."

    Li Dong nodded thoughtfully, "Let's go to the military camp and have a look!"

    "Yes, Marshal!"

    It is now approaching evening in the afternoon, but the weather is not getting cooler at all.  The sun is still blazing in the sky, making the ground curl up in the sun. The floating soil on the road is like freshly fried noodles in a hot pot. As soon as you step on it, white smoke rises, which is scorching hot and scorching your heart.  Tight.

    Because the soldiers were afraid of heat stroke, the whole camp rested in the afternoon, but they had to practice more after the sun went down. As soon as Li Dong entered the military camp, he felt that the atmosphere in the entire military camp was a bit depressing. All the soldiers were lazy and could not feel anything at all.  The kind of vitality and murderous spirit that a military camp should have, to put it simply, is very weak.

    In the center of the military camp, there were two soldiers covered in tendon meat, naked to the waist, facing the sun, entangled together, as if to declare their wildness and strength, kicking with their hands and feet, knocking their opponents to the ground.  Pressing down tightly, the person underneath slapped the ground with the palm of his hand as a sign of surrender, and the victorious party slowly stood up with beads of sweat.

    It was supposed to be a battle that fully displayed male hormones, but it looked indescribably weird. The surrounding soldiers watched indifferently. There were no cheers or noises. The victorious side did not raise their proud heads. The defeat  The other party did not lose heart, and the two started a new round of beatings with gestures.

    Even though there were a few female soldiers passing by in a hurry, they didn't even let the soldiers raise their heads to take a second look, as if everything didn't matter.

    But Li Dong could clearly feel that there was a backlog of anger in these soldiers. This anger could not be vented, and it was just piling up there.  .  .

    Li Dong looked around and saw that the entire military camp was almost lifeless, but he knew that a storm was gathering strength there.  Li Dong turned around and asked Daniel, "Have you brought anything to eat?"

    "There is one peach left." Daniel took out a peach from his arms and handed it to Li Dong.

    Li Dong said to behind him, "You don't have to follow." After saying that, he picked up the peach and walked towards a group of soldiers who were enjoying the shade under the shade of a tree.

    "Brother, why are you so listless?"Dong Dong handed the peach to a soldier who was taking a nap. The soldier still had obvious bruises on his face.

    Kang Xian took off his military cap and looked at a young man squatting in front of him, looking at him with a smile. He handed over a big peach in his hand.

    Kang Xian took it. He seemed to have seen this kid somewhere. He took a bite, and peach juice flowed down the corner of his mouth. "Hmmit's delicious. Which battalion is this little brother from?"

    "From the Staff Office."

    "Oh, you're just a writer."

    "Hahawhat do you call me?"

    "Kang Xian!"

    "Li Dong!" Li Dong sat down next to Kang Xian with some familiarity. "Let me tell you something. Recently, the higher-ups intend to let me go down to lead the troops. Do you have any advice?"

    Kang Xian glanced sideways at Li Dong with a strange expression on his face, "The staff officers in the staff office are all college graduates and have drank ink. Now you come here and ask me how to lead troops?"

    Li Dong shrugged at him, "Although there are a lot of lectures on how to lead troops in the library, I don't think they are practical. You should ask the soldiers how to lead troops. Brother, what do you think it is?  Is this reasonable?"

    Kang Xian laughed and patted Li Dong on the shoulder, "You are interesting, you are in line with my temperament. Since you asked, I will rely on my experience to teach you."

    "Brother, please tell me!" Li Dong looked like he was willing to accept teachings.

    "How to lead troops? I don't understand the big principles in those military books. It's just that I have been eating this bowl of rice for more than ten years and I have some ideas of my own. In fact, soldiers are not afraid of bloodshed in wars. This is what we do, right?  Why don't the imperial court give us military pay? If we can put a good general on the stand, and don't give blind orders before the battle, and don't run first, and the brothers will stick together before the battle, no one will lose the battle."

    Li Dong smiled inwardly, what he said made sense, but it was just the knowledge of a small soldier.  "Then what are soldiers afraid of?"

    "Soldiers are afraid of training. They are afraid that the endless training will make people lose sight of the end. Take now, those generals are training us as if they were on gunpowder. What do you think they are trying to do? The future is long.  , it¡¯s not like they are rushing to reincarnate, why are they in such a hurry?" As he spoke, Kang Xian slammed his right hand hard on the palm of his left hand.  "Seeing my former friends enjoying themselves outside, who is also a soldier, I feel like my heart is growing hairy, and I can't suppress my anger"

    Kang Xian seemed to have found someone to talk to, and he spoke out his inner thoughts endlessly.

    The smile on Li Dong's face had long since faded away, and he listened carefully to Kang Xiandong's chatter. Li Dong listened very seriously.

    "Huh" Kang Xian took a breath, "That's all, little brother, do you understand?"

    "Thank you, brother, I really benefited a lot!" Li Dong patted him on the shoulder, stood up and left with a smile.

    Kang Xian was stunned for a moment, and then he chuckled, "This little brother is interesting. I don't even know what I said, but he understood it! But it's strange. After I finished speaking, I felt much happier."  He saw a general walking towards the center of the field. He spat at the side and said, "Damn it, let's start practicing again. Let's practice. Let's practice. If you practice to death, you'll be knocked down!"

    "The general has ordered that tonight's drills are cancelled. Each battalion is free to move around, but they are not allowed to leave the camp. There will be another notice tomorrow!"

    After hearing this order, Kang Xian looked to the east of the sky, "Did the sun come out from the west today?"
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